Continued from Manton Bay – April 2020
The history of the Manton Bay nest, breeding stats and links to previous threads can be found here
The season so far:Mar 16: Blue 33(11) returned 07:12Mar 16: Maya returned 13:16Mar 29: Egg #1 laid 20:52Apr 04: Egg #2 first seen 13:27Apr 06: Egg #3 first seen 05:09Apr 09: Egg #4 first seen 07:00
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21:35 B33 had left
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Maya's been trying to do some crop-clearing:
She'f very tired - who wouldn't be?!
Morning ALL and thanks for all the updates and captures.
the sun is now up and can't see too clearly for the glare
sun is forecast today but also strong winds!
Thankfully they are to ease from later today
c L&RWT
FISH @ 06;27
Maya is quickly up and starts feeding the chicks
06:28 33 flies off
06:31 very difficult to make out but all chicks appear to be lined up and being fed with #4 at the front!
06:41 One of the older chicks has had enough leaving the other along with #3 and #4 being fed
06:45 still eating
06:49 Feed over
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It is very difficult to see Karen if all four heads are there, I can see 3 and one of them is #4 chick.... I think if it could go and eat the fish itself it would, it is so desperate to get a mouthful
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Hi Mary - it is always difficult to see this time of the morning but we can easily spot #4 for it is usually in front :-D.
I think #4 could very well be the first to attempt eating a fish itself :-D
It will be interesting to watch No.4's progress Karen, and see if your prediction comes true